Annual Base Salaries by Position
| Primary Job Description | N | Median | Mean (SD) | Max | Min | Median $/hr* |
| Radiology Specialty Administrator: responsible for a single non–nuclear medicine area of radiology | 4 | $125,000 | $122,250 ($17,519) | $140,000 | $99,000 | $55.00 |
| Nuclear Medicine Technologist: private manufacturer | 3 | $120,000 | $109,667 ($31,786) | $135,000 | $74,000 | $36.50 |
| Nuclear Medicine Technologist: self-employed | 7 | $120,000 | $113,286 ($40,913) | $160,000 | $50,000 | $50.00 |
| Physician – Nuclear Medicine | 1 | $110,000 | - | - | - | $53.00 |
| Clinical Supervisor – Administrator: no longer actively involved in performing routine clinical procedures | 55 | $108,000 | $106,923 ($21,938) | $175,000 | $60,000 | $52.86 |
| Sales/Marketing Professional | 16 | $106,050 | $123,069 ($55,075) | $280,000 | $66,000 | $57.90 |
| Radiology Administrator: responsible for all areas of radiology | 66 | $104,500 | $109,209 ($26,424) | $185,000 | $70,000 | $48.20 |
| Administrative Professional | 22 | $97,620 | $101,123 ($17,087) | $140,000 | $79,000 | $46.75 |
| Systems Analyst/Programmer | 11 | $95,600 | $117,055 ($60,749) | $250,000 | $61,000 | $44.51 |
| Applications Specialist | 25 | $94,500 | $95,174 ($19,393) | $150,000 | $55,000 | $46.39 |
| Medical/Health Physicist | 19 | $90,000 | $92,089 ($20,661) | $133,000 | $61,000 | $40.00 |
| Pharmacist/Nuclear Pharmacist | 2 | $90,000 | $90,000 ($42,426) | $120,000 | $60,000 | $46.00 |
| Specialty Supervisor: supervising routine clinical procedures in a specific area of nuclear medicine (cardiac, SPECT, PET, etc.) | 81 | $89,440 | $90,378 ($20,026) | $139,000 | $31,968 | $44.48 |
| Educator: Nuclear Medicine Other | 6 | $87,750 | $105,500 ($47,149) | $192,000 | $62,000 | $43.60 |
| Clinical Supervisor – Chief Tech: still actively involved in performing routine clinical procedures as well as having significant administrative duties | 396 | $86,736 | $88,963 ($21,942) | $180,000 | $42,000 | $42.35 |
| Educator: Nuclear Medicine Classroom Instructor/Adjunct Lecturer (hired specifically to instruct students in the classroom) | 4 | $82,000 | $81,250 ($20,288) | $104,000 | $57,000 | $34.63 |
| Nuclear Medicine–Related Position in the Private Sector: Other | 13 | $82,000 | $82,096 ($17,750) | $115,430 | $45,324 | $40.48 |
| Other | 35 | $82,000 | $87,790 ($22,350) | $175,000 | $40,000 | $42.35 |
| Staff Nuclear Medicine Technologist: PET only – clinic/private office | 88 | $80,500 | $82,162 ($19,084) | $177,000 | $50,000 | $39.63 |
| Educator: Nuclear Medicine Program Director | 49 | $80,000 | $85,293 ($14,351) | $122,934 | $60,000 | $41.00 |
| Staff Nuclear Medicine Technologist: PET only – hospital base | 78 | $79,450 | $80,985 ($14,996) | $134,000 | $55,000 | $39.03 |
| Staff Nuclear Medicine Technologist: mobile PET – hospital/clinic base | 15 | $79,000 | $77,371 | $110,000 | $48,241 | $38.38 |
| Employed – but no longer working in a nuclear medicine or radiology-related field | 5 | $78,000 | $80,200 ($32,553) | $125,000 | $35,000 | $36.67 |
| Staff Nuclear Medicine Technologist: research (NM or PET) – hospital/clinic/educational institution base | 31 | $78,000 | $81,277 ($22,860) | $160,000 | $52,790 | $37.51 |
| Staff Nuclear Medicine Technologist: mobile NM – hospital/clinic base | 19 | $77,000 | $74,992 ($16,883) | $100,000 | $47,500 | $40.00 |
| Staff Radiologic Technologist – MRI | 10 | $76,400 | $75,368 ($21,989) | $105,000 | $38,400 | $37.83 |
| Pharmacy/Nuclear Pharmacy Tech | 7 | $75,000 | $69,999 ($19,487) | $99,000 | $38,000 | $31.00 |
| Staff Nuclear Medicine Technologist: cardiac only – hospital base | 117 | $75,000 | $76,826 ($16,529) | $146,000 | $49,920 | $38.50 |
| Staff Nuclear Medicine Technologist: research (NM or PET) – private research laboratory | 5 | $75,000 | $81,840 ($27,021) | $125,000 | $54,000 | $34.25 |
| Staff Nuclear Medicine Technologist: cardiac only – cardiac clinic/private office | 309 | $72,000 | $72,568 ($16,783) | $130,416 | $26,000 | $36.54 |
| Staff Nuclear Medicine Technologist: general imaging (may include some Cardiac and/or PET) – hospital base | 1356 | $71,254 | $74,420 ($19,634) | $180,000 | $26,784 | $36.00 |
| Educator: Nuclear Medicine Clinical Instructor (hired specifically to instruct students in the clinical setting) | 5 | $71,000 | $75,247 ($14,920) | $98,000 | $60,736 | $42.05 |
| Staff Nuclear Medicine Technologist: general imaging – clinic/private office | 136 | $69,500 | $70,613 ($17,946) | $130,000 | $23,011 | $34.50 |
| Staff Nuclear Medicine Technologist: mobile PET – private mobile imaging service | 32 | $68,320 | $70,339 ($15,080) | $104,000 | $35,500 | $34.69 |
| Staff Nuclear Medicine Technologist: mobile NM – private mobile imaging service | 25 | $68,000 | $76,014 ($21,554) | $120,000 | $50,000 | $37.00 |
| Private Sector position in another radiologic discipline (sonography, MRI, CT, radiation oncology, etc.) | 3 | $65,000 | $78,333 ($27,538) | $110,000 | $60,000 | $31.20 |
| Staff Radiologic Technologist – Computed Tomography | 7 | $60,000 | $58,343 ($13,844) | $75,000 | $40,000 | $32.20 |
| Staff Radiologic Technologist – General Radiography | 4 | $49,620 | $49,310 ($11,493) | $62,000 | $36,000 | $26.58 |
| Staff Technologist (in another radiologic discipline not listed above) | 1 | $48,000 | - | $48,000 | $48,000 | $21.00 |
| Nuclear Medicine Technologist: temporary staffing service | 1 | $35,000 | - | $35,000 | $35,000 | $33.00 |
↵* All hourly rates were not provided by participants.